Culture should be involved in foreign language teaching

Abstract

One of the disadvantages in language teaching in our country is that teachers patiently deliver the language points thoroughly and deeply. Under such circumstances, the more grammatical, the easier to arise misunderstanding. This paper analyses the relationship between language and culture in foreign language teaching. The aim of foreign language teaching is ultimately to train the practical use of language; therefore English teaching should lay emphasis on enlarging the students' culture view, strengthening the sensitivity and adaptability to cultural differences and improving their cross-cultured communication abilities. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.